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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Animated Thoughts: 2013 Academy Award Nominees

Well, the 2013 Academy Awards nominees were announced today. For the two animated sections that I personally follow, they are:

Animated feature film:

Brave (Disney-Pixar)

Frankenweenie (Disney)

ParaNorman (LAIKA)

The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Aardman/Sony)

Wreck-It Ralph (Disney)

Short animated films:

Adam and Dog (Lodge Films)

Fresh Guacamole (PES)

Head over Heels (National Film and Television School)

Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare" (Gracie Films)

Paperman (Disney Animation Studios)

While I haven't seen "Frankenweenie", "Adam and Dog", or "Head over Heels" yet, I'm rooting for Disney this year. Both "Wreck-it Ralph" and "Paperman" were far and above two of the best animated films I saw in 2012. In my opinion they're the best out of the films selected for the Oscars--though I reserve the right to update my choices after seeing the three films that I haven't watched yet.

For those who haven't seen all the animated short films, the Detroit Institue of Art's Film Theatre has an annual screening in February where they show all the short films nominated for that year's Academy Awards--split into two sessions: animated and live-action.

Event details can be found here and the schedule at the DIA/DFT is as follows:

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By day, I'm a mild-mannered forensic animator, but during evenings and weekends, I work on my own animated films and various artistic endeavors for clients. I'm a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology's M.F.A. Computer Animation program and a current member of ASIFA, the Toronto Animated Image Society, and Women in Animation.

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"Thistle-Threads Online University"

Building upon the 2008-2009 project for the NY MET and Bard Graduate Center, I am currently animating gold-and-silk needlework stitches and managing lesson webpages for an online course presented by Dr. Wilson-Nguyen for her Thistle-Threads Historical needlework website.